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History of APL

Abstract

The goal of this project is to locate, preserve, and publish source code, design documents, technical notes, books, recorded talks and other materials concerning the genesis, development, evolution, implementation, application and influences of A Programming Language.

Please contact us with any suggestions, questions, comments, or potential donations of documentation, notes, personal papers, books or software related to APL.

Software

Location for APL code - APL implementations, APL applications, workspaces, and any other material related to realization or use of APL as a programming language and environment. Includes source code for implementations and application programs, any tools needed to management such examples, simulators and emulators, and references to the use thereof.

Papers

Videos/Films

The Origins of APL. A collection of three movies in which APL pioneers (Ken Iverson, Adin Falkoff, Larry Breed, Phil Abrams, Roger Moore, Roy Sykes, Herb Hellerman, John MacPherson, Eugene McDonnell, Garth Foster) remember the early days in the development of APL. Available on DVD from the BAA. (@@work w/ sjt to make available online)

Correspondence and memoranda

Personal papers and corporate material related to the history of APL.

Interviews and biographies

Links to or media files containing interviews with and biographies of significant contributors to APL.